THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF BIACETYL

Biacetyl has often been used for sensitizing the pyrolysis of organic compounds" . Radicals, resulting from the thermal decomposition of biacetyl, initiate the chain decomposition of such substances. However, NO causes no inhibition of notable significance in such systems . Nevertheless, this cannot be considered as an evidence against the occurrence of chains, since the sensitized decompositions are definitely inhibited by, for instance, propene . 

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